The annual summaries provide a yearly overview of Oklahoma climate and weather. Annual data summary tables have been made available, along with state-wide graphics, statistics, storm reports, and a summarization of events. These yearly publications...

Home health agencies must conduct comprehensive, accurate, standardized and reproducible assessments of each patient using the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS). The automated OASIS system is a critical component of the Oklahoma State...

Employers play an enormous role when it comes to OTRS Clients throughout their careers from when they start their first job to when they ultimately decide to retire. Our goal with this manual is to provide you with the resources you need to most...

The purpose of this TMDL report is to establish pollutant load allocations for indicator bacteria in impaired waterbodies, which is the first step toward restoring water quality and protecting public health.; This report documents the data and...

The Legislator and Citizen Task Force on Tax Reform, formed on February 19, 2002, by Senator President Pro Tempore Stratton Taylor, Speaker of the House of Representatives Larry Adair and Governor Frank Keating, after numerous meetings and receipt...

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Plan (the “Plan”), administered by the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System, which is a part of the State of Oklahoma financial reporting...

This Technical Assistance Document for School Finance should be utilized to complement the statutes and regulations. It is presented in an easy-to-use format using a combination of actual statutory/regulatory provisions and an easy-to-understand...

Needs assessments are essential to understanding the gap between current and desired conditions. Numerous needs assessments have been completed in the past - most recently by the Oklahoma State Health Department6 and the Oklahoma Department of...

In the fall of 2012, Campus Compact conducted an online membership survey in order to calculate student and faculty involvement in service and service-learning, measure campus infrastructure for community engagement, understand faculty roles and...

Title 74, Section 840-2.1(A) of the Oklahoma Statutes requires all agencies, boards, commissions, departments, and offices of each branch of state government to prepare an annual Affirmative Action Plan (AAP). A copy of the agency's written plan...

The purpose of the Grade 5 Mathematics Test is to measure Oklahoma fifth-grade students’ level of proficiency in mathematics. On the test, students are required to respond to a variety of items linked to the fifth-grade mathematics content...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission (OTC), in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), accepts returns filed through the Modernized e-File system (MeF). This transmission method is a web service using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) with...

This report is being prepared as an annual report for OWRRI grant #2010OK181B.; Sediment transport has a profound impact on streams, rivers, lakes, and impoundments. It affects the morphology of streams and rivers, the life span of lakes and...

The Oklahoma Historical Society invites you to take Oklahoma's Historic Route 66 Mobile Tour. It features brief histories and descriptions of Route 66 landmarks through audio and text captioning with links to much more.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) currently uses three different gradations (ODOT Type A, ODOT Type B and ODOT Type C) for its base layers. A recent laboratory study by Khoury and Zaman revealed that each of these gradations has...

The Management of the Oklahoma Teachers' Retirement System (known collectively as TRS or the System) presents the Comprehensive Annnal Financial Report for the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma, a component unit of the State of Oklahoma, for...

The goal of this paper is to provide an analysis of taxable sales for the community of Davis and Sulphur in Murray County. Basic data is used to provide estimates of trade area capture and pull factors. Reported sales tax data is also used to...

Although thread has the illusion of being fragile, it is actually quite strong. In its most common use, thread holds two or more pieces of fabric together. More symbolically, it is the element that binds cancer patients, family members, health...

Oklahoma, like most states, experiences challenges in recruiting and developing EMS professionals. In response, the Oklahoma Elementary Mathematics Specialist (OEMS) certification program has been proposed to address this need. Program preparation...

Interstate commercial vehicle traffic is a major factor in the life of any road surface. The ability to track these vehicles and their routes through the state can provide valuable information to planning activities. We propose a method using video...

We are pleased to submit the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement Svstem (OPPRS) for the fiscal Vear ended June 30, 2011. This is the first CAFR prepared and issued by OPPRS.

The Lower Washita Watershed Planning Region includes six basins (numbered 14-16 and 21-23 for reference). The region is in the Central Lowland physiography province and encompasses 6,192 square miles in southern Oklahoma, spanning all of Carter,...